On Friday, June 29, 2012 10:29:52 AM UTC-5, Duster wrote:
Apple is rumored to have a smaller, 7" iPad in the works to compete
with the Kindle Fire which would make it more accomodating in the
cockpit for a nav aid than the 11" version. (There may also be a touch-
screen in development with realistic tactile feel from a company in
Sweden). Anyone have an opinion as to whether to wait until a smaller
iPad is available? There was a discussion awhile back that the Kindle
pixel refresh on a moving map is too slow. Is this an issue with the
iPad? Alternatively, what's the best smartphone or PDA (with internal
GPS) available now; the Dell Streak 5?

Kindle refresh rate seems to work just fine under XCSoar from my point of view. If it can display full motion HD video streams, it can certainly display an XCSoar moving map with no issues... The real issue with Kindle is that it doesn't have GPS nor bluetooth so you're left with WiFi to get logger data into the device.

The readability in full sunlight will also require max display brightness to be even close to acceptable.

It will be interesting to see how Google's new 7" tablet does in direct sunlight.